It was the first time that I had ever been romantically kissed. It was even better than the chocolate cake.

So often the pain of our life is no more than a reminder to take our hand off the stove.

Mr. Vey, you cannot be stuffed into a locker without your consent. Dallstrom said, which may be the dumbest thing ever said in a school. You should have resisted. That's like blaming someone who was struck by lightning for getting in the way.

People are looking for inspiration, and my books are sometimes the vehicles of what people are looking for.

The further along we get on our life journey the more we wonder about those who traveled before us and paved the road.

It is better to be loved by one person who knows your soul than millions who don't even know your phone number.

To deny our pasts is to burn the bridge we must cross to self-understanding.

Leah taught me that the greatest secret of life is that we find exactly what we're looking for. In spite of what happens to us, ultimately we decide whether our lives are good or bad, ugly or beautiful.

The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain.

Everyone has problems. It's how you choose to deal with them. Some people choose to be whiners some choose to be winners. Some choose to be victims some choose to be victors.

Those willing to trade freedom for certainty are certain to find the cure worse than the ailment.

It is in the dark times that the light of friendship shines brightest.

Small kindnesses often, unintentionally, produce the biggest payoffs.

Life is the soil, our choices and actions the sun and rain, but our dreams are the seeds.

Dwelling on him would make him a bigger part of my life than I want him to be.

You know how before you buy a house you hire someone to come check it out and write a homebuyer's report? Someone should do that for husbands. Before you get married, you should have a complete inspection to find out what's broken, if it's fixable, and how much it will cost to repair.

The truest indication of gratitude is to return what you are grateful for.

Sometimes our arms are so full with the burdens we carry that it hinders our view of the load those around us are staggering beneath.

Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness.

It is in the darkest skies that stars are best seen.